Re: vim :hardcopy equivalent

[Peter Schaffter]

On Mon, Jul 22, 2024, Robert Thorsby wrote:
> Before members from your area reply with their genuine contributions I
> suggest you look at Peter Schaffter's mom macro package. In a previous life
> Peter was a typesetter and his continuously maintained, extensively
> documented, macros set can handle business letters with ease.

True, mom does have DOCTYPE LETTER, which provides a template for
creating correspondence, however it is skewed in the direction of
standard North American business correspondence.  DIN 5008 is not
natively supported, but mom, like most macro packages, can be used
as a starting point to generate any kind of document you like.
 
> But, please don't mention "typewriter" in your correspondence --
> it will be embarrassing for the rest of us to watch a grown man
> cry. :-)

This grown man's not weeping. :) Mom has always implemented
switching between typewritten and typeset copy of the same
document (with the PRINTSTYLE directive), a functionality I find
indispensable for generating hard copies of drafts for blue
penciling.

My way of saying, "Don't be afraid of the t-word."  Neatly
formatted, typewritten/double-spaced still has its place.
 
-- 
Peter Schaffter
https://www.schaffter.ca